October 2014 Biblical Studies Carnival

Welcome to the October 2014 Biblical Studies Carnival. Take your time and read through these awesome articles for the month.

Just so you know: Jim West will be hosting the Novemeber carnival.

We are also in dire need of volunteers for the biblical studies carnival. They are a great way to get your blog out there and being able to help others read the best posts of the month. Contact Phil Long to volunteer.

Old Testament

James Bradford has been doing an “Weekly Quiet Time” by going through different books of the Bible. In October he was going through II Chronicles. (Link)

“Translation is sacrifice in its worst sense, giving up the origin, giving up its history, giving up its sound, meter, feel, nuance, idiom, and so on. Why do we do it! (Oh, that question hurts). We do it because we need a can-opener. We simply don’t get the original even if we learn the original language. We are separated from our ancient kin even though we are joined at the hip.” – Over at the Dust blog some helpful thoughts on translation (Link)

How does the flood prefigure coma? Joseph Gleason answers in this post.

New Testament

Nijay Gupta is putting together an excellent bibliography for women scholars in the Gospels and Acts. Be sure to check it out.

Tavis Bolinger challenges all NT students to stop reading the Bible in English. (Link)